“I was quiet for a little while, I had to take care of some internal stuff. We’re still having out, you know, these errors. But the ‘AJ’ fight is in the grasp and we’re trying to hash out the last couple of details. It’s not official yet, but I’m thinking it’s like 80 percent [done]. It’s about 80 percent, man. I can’t wait, man.

“He wants to come to America and I think it’s going to be great for USA boxing, especially for American boxing. And like I said before, I’ve been waiting for the moment to shock the world. AJ is a real big hype job. And when he fights a real gritty, hungry, mean person like me, it’s going to be a whole different story, man.

“Listen, AJ did some bogey-a** leaked conversation talking about, ’It looks like he’s going to come to New York’ and dah, dah, dah and it made the internet go crazy. I hope you guys record this one and put this one out here: After I beat AJ I’m still gonna take his mom out on a date. So leak that conversation.”

On February 23, 1963, Nigeria’s Dick Tiger fought the legendary Gene Fullmer to a 15-round draw to retain his WBA world middleweight title. It was a rematch of their first encounter four months earlier, which Tiger won by decision.